sence from home, or any other cause which will prevent the prompt acceptance of an engagement, must be reported to Di rectress. 7. An engagement tendered through the Directory must be accepted if the case be such for which the nurse is registered. Illness so sudden as not yet to have been reported is the only valid excuse. 8. Refusal. The Directress shall place the name of any nurse at the bottom of list for refusing a call. 9. A nurse accepting a case outside the Directory shall immediately notify the Directress. 10. Nurses returning from a case lasting forty-eight hours or less shall retain their original place on the list, provided her return is reported within twenty-four hours. 11. Members doing private nursing are expected to provide themselves with telephone address. All fees, telegrams and messenger service must be paid by the nurse who obtains the engagement. Members are requested to use the Directory phone numbers for business purposes. 12. The Directory Board advises the nurses while on duty to wear their complete uniform and not to wear it on the street, as it is unsanitary and detracts from the dignity of the profession. Relations Between Nurses and Patient 1. Agreement for charges for special cases are to be made before beginning case. 2. For out of town cases traveling expenses to be paid and salary to begin from time the nurse leaves her home until she returns to her home after terminating engagement. 3. When the order for the nurse is cancelled after her arrival at the house, she is entitled to one day's pay. 4. The nurse is expected to be allowed four hours each day for recreation, and at least six consecutive hours of sleep in each twenty-four hours. SPECIAL RULES Governing Nurses Who Have Had the Care of Contagious Diseases After caring for a contagious disease, a nurse will not be eligible for registration at this Directory until she has been thoroughly disinfected. Such disinfection shall consist in taking a full germicidal bath, with shampoo of the hair, followed by thorough application of alcohol to the hair, and in subjecting her infected clothing to a laundry process which shall include boiling for one hour. 2. Any nurse having the care of a patient ill with a contagious disease is urged to be conscientious in her efforts to prevent its spread, and to aid in every possible manner physicians and health authorities in their endeavor to stamp out the disease. To this end she will take due precautions while caring for the patient, before mingling with non-infected persons, as well as at the close of her engagement. OPEN SHOP NATIONAL METAL TRADES ASSOCIATION Revised March, 1922: DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES We, the Members of the National Metal Trades Association, declare the following to be our principles, which shall govern us in our relation with our employes: 1. Concerning Employes. Since we, as employers, are responsible for the work turned out by our workmen, we must have full discretion to designate the men we consider competent to perform the work and to determine the conditions under which that work shall be prosecuted, the question of the competency of the men being determined solely by us. While disavowing any intention to interfere with the proper functions of labor organizations, we will not admit of any interference with the management of our business. 2. Strikes and Lockouts. This Association disapproves of strikes and lockouts in the settlement of industrial disputes. This Association will not countenance a lockout, unless all reasonable means of adjustment have failed; neither will the members of this Association deal with striking employes as a body. 3. Relations of Employes. Every workman who elects to work in a shop will be required to work peaceably and harmoniously with all his fellow employes, and to work loyally for the interests of his employer. 4. Apprentices, Etc. The number of apprentices, helpers and handymen to be employed will be determined solely by the employer. 5. Methods and Wages. We will not permit employes to place any restriction on the management, methods, or production of our shops, and will require a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. Employes will be paid by the hourly rate, by premium system, piece work, or contract, as the employers may elect. 6. Freedom of Employment. It is the privilege of the employe to leave our employ whenever he sees fit and it is the privilege of the employer to discharge any workman when he sees fit. 7. Concerning Disagreements. The above principles being absolutely essential to the successful conduct of our business, we cannot permit the operation of our business thereunder to be interfered with. In case of disagreement concerning matters not covered by the foregoing declaration and not affecting the economic integrity of the industry, we advise our members to meet such of their employes who may be affected by such disagreement and endeavor to adjust the difficulty on a fair and equitable basis. 8. Equitable Wages. In the payment of hourly wages or in the operation of piece work, premium plan, or contract system, this Association will not countenance any conditions of wages which are not just, or which will not allow a workman a fair wage in proportion to his efficiency. EMPLOYING PHOTO-ENGRAVERS ASSOCIATION Adopted 1923; explanations of Practise omitted: NINE PRINCIPLES Principle 1. Active membership in this Association shall consist of only those photo-engraving establishments that operate on an Open Shop basis. Principle 2. Members shall, at all times, uphold the right of free contract of employment, in theory and in practise. Principle 3. Members shall not discriminate against any workman because of his membership in any society or organization. Principle 4. Members shall not countenance any limitation or unfair restriction of the quantity or quality of work that any Employe may do in a given time. Principle 5. Members shall be alert to recognize merit in Employes and Apprentices. Principle 6. Members shall co-operate with this Association's central employment bureau, for the mutual benefit of Members and Employes. Principle 7. Members shall compete fairly, for business and for Employes. Principle 8. Members shall encourage the advancement of the art and business of photo-engraving. Principle 9. Members shall uphold the policy of one fair price and equal treatment to all customers. OPTICAL GOODS, WHOLESALE THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALE Adopted Nov. 22, 1923: CODE OF ETHICS Believing in the universality of the Golden Rule, and proper organization, cooperation and the free interchange of ideas. and experiences among its members, The American Association of Wholesale Opticians herewith set forth this Code of Ethics. 1. The Relations of Employer and Employee. It is the bounden duty of every employer to pay wages consistent with living conditions and the service rendered. We, as employers, recognize our responsibility to our employees in aiding them to progress and in securing healthful surroundings during working hours. 2. The Member's Relation with Those from Whom He Makes Purchases. Truth and honesty are observed in all interviews with salesmen. We make no misleading statements to secure a revision of price, nor are prices of competitors shown to secure such a revision. Cash discounts are taken only if payments are made within the time limit specified. While maintaining the right of each member to purchase his supplies and materials through any source he may elect, this Association believes that a feeling of reciprocity should exist toward those whose efforts are clearly for the uplift and advancement of this industry and this organization. 3. Rules of Conduct Governing the Member's Relations with His Fellow Members. We strive to increase the efficiency of the craft by the exchange of ideas and business methods. As members of this Association, we do not make false or disparaging statements, either written or oral, nor circulate harmful rumors respecting a competitor's product, selling price, business, financial or personal standing. 4. The Relation of the Member with the Profession. We make no misrepresentation of goods, whether by direct statement, omission of facts, inference or subterfuge. 5. Relations of the Member with the Public. We, as members of this Association, use our best efforts to supply the |